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Inaugural Plymouth boating festival makes a splash

Glorious sunshine and a packed schedule of maritime fun helped make the inaugural Plymouth Boat Fest a huge success, as thousands of visitors gathered at Plymouth Yacht Haven; the city’s largest and busiest marina, to celebrate the region’s rich marine heritage and industry...

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Devon smokers offered quit support for Stoptober

Devon smokers will get extra help and support to quit their habit this month (October) as the national Stoptober campaign returns for its sixth year. Since the campaign first started in 2012, Stoptober has prompted over 1.7 million quit attempts. Research shows that if you can stop smoking for 28-days, you are five times more likely to kick the habit for good.

This year, the stop...

Plymouth’s spectacular light festival returns to Royal William Yard

The incredible light-based festival, Illuminate, returns to Plymouth’s historic Royal William Yard from 22 to 25 November 2018 with a host of projections and light installations set out across the yard, live performances and interactive opportunities.

Claire Honey, Project Manager for the festival said: “Last year’s Illuminate was an amazing spectacle, which was enjoyed by more than 5,...

Warning over illegal puppy breeders

Plymouth residents are being warned to look out for the signs of illegal importation when buying a puppy.

The warning comes after a puppy – illegally imported from Romania, was found by a vet in the city who alerted Trading Standards officers. The dog had not been vaccinated against rabies.

The Shih Tzu puppy was only 13 weeks old. Puppies are not allowed to be imported into...

Parents less likely to donate child’s organs, new figures show

New figures show parents are significantly less likely to donate their child’s organs for lifesaving transplants, which limits the number of organs available for children on the transplant waiting list.

The statistics, released by NHS Blood and Transplant for Organ Donation Week, shows only 48% of families supported donation for a relative aged 17 and under last year. That compares to...

Five years of Help to Buy has helped more than 1,000 homebuyers in Plymouth

Figures just released for the first full five years of Help to Buy in Plymouth have revealed that more than 1,000 homebuyers have used the government scheme to buy their new home.

The figures show that 1,023 people in the area have taken advantage of the scheme since it was launched in April 2013.

Sara Parker, sales director for Barratt Homes, said the first five years of Help...

War Horse characters visit Derriford Hospital

Characters from the National Theatre production of War Horse recently paid a visit to Derriford Hospital, bringing smiles and delight to both patients and staff.

Along with their puppeteers, Baby Joey and Goose popped in this afternoon to visit some poorly children and their families, in both the children’s day case unit and children’s wards on level 12.

Baby Joey and Goose...

Major milestone for The Box as giant steel installed at topping out ceremony

Structural completion of The Box has been celebrated with a ‘Topping Out’ ceremony which saw the final steel work installed.

The milestone event for the building, which is now just 18 months away from opening to the public as part of Plymouth’s Mayflower 400 commemorations, saw a giant piece of steel signed by attendees hoisted up to the top of the new extension – the ‘box in the sky’...

Argyle still looking for first win of the season after being beaten at home by Blackpool

Argyle's search for a first Sky Bet League One victory of the season continues.

Mark Cullen’s early goal was enough to shade an encounter which was largely as close as the scoreline suggests and which might have been different had referee Neil Hair seen Blackpool’s Donervon Daniels handle the ball inside his penalty area, or if Freddie Ladapo’s ingenuity had not been denied by a...

Dr Mark J.P. Kerrigan appointed as Director of Learning, Teaching & Enhancement at Plymouth College of Art

Dr Mark John Patrick Kerrigan, a National Teaching Fellow and Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), and former Director of Learning & Teaching in the Faculty of Medical Science at Anglia Ruskin University, has been appointed as Director of Learning, Teaching & Enhancement at Plymouth College of Art.

With strong professional interests in curriculum design and...

Month long initiative means motorists can bag a free MOT

Halfords Autocentre is offering a FREE MOT to any customers who shop in Halfords retail branches. Any product bought in a Halfords store between now and the 14th of October entitles the buyer to a FREE MOT, which they have 13 months to redeem.

With 53% of drivers admitting they don’t even know when their MOT is due* and 16% of motorists saying they have put off fixing faults with...

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